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SUBMITTER: Zhang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7106403 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Yuan Y Zheng Nan N Nan Peng P Cao Ying Y Hasegawa Masami M Zhong Yang Y
Computational biology and chemistry 20070217 2
As a critical adaptive mechanism, amino acid replacements on the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) spike protein could alter the receptor-binding specificity of this envelope glycoprotein and in turn lead to the emergence or reemergence of this viral zoonosis. Based on the X-ray structures of SARS-CoV spike receptor-binding domain (RBD) in complex with its functional receptor (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, ACE2), we perform computational simulations of interactions betw ...[more]